The sound of roots
byI was in the kitchen, washing up the Sunday morning breakfast dishes in that frantic fog that rushes around young families attempting to get…
roots
In defense of deep roots: A rebuttal to my curses
byEditor’s Note: We at Topology are currently on our annual publishing break. In the meantime, enjoy this bonus essay on the July theme of…
Borrowed roots
byThe trees in my neighborhood are squeezed into small dirt rectangles between brick sidewalks and asphalt roads. Their branches get routinely hacked off, and…
Deep Roots
byGrand Rapids, Michigan (2012) Most roots do their growing underground out of view of the observer. What mystery leads them to lengthen and sink…
Hope and Expectation
byTholen, Zeeland, The Netherlands (2017) First a little backstory: this spring I got to revisit Tholen, Zeeland, the town in the Netherlands where my…
Patterns of migration
byShe never ceased to wonder at the incredible power of birds for adaptation. These had flown perhaps a thousand miles from the South to…
A dispatch from basil on the high seas
byOur poetry editor Elisabeth continues to make her way there and back again on a cross-Atlantic sailing trip with an organization that specializes in…